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🗓️ 6 April 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Kavita Varu is a lawyer from Sheffield and a single mother of two who hit rock bottom just as we went into lockdown three years ago. She decided to learn how to DJ, bought some decks and taught herself. She started doing live sessions on social media, has since played in Ibiza and Amsterdam and recently won the Inspiring Indian Women She Inspires Rising Star award.
Scientists believe that they have found a new way to administer a drug to prevent post-natal haemorrhage, which is thought to cost the lives of seventy thousand women a year globally. This makes it one of leading causes of maternal deaths worldwide. Tranexamic acid, which is used to control bleeding after giving birth, is usually given intravenously. But after conducting trials in Pakistan and Zambia, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that it worked well if injected into the body via a muscle.
Academic and former international footballer Professor Laura McAllister has made history as the first Welsh woman to be elected to UEFA's executive committee. With a background in sports governance, Laura McAllister says she's on a mission to use her seat at the table to modernise the game and reflect the growth of the sport.
Iconic red-carpet looks from Lizzo and Phoebe Waller-Bridge go on display alongside the historic frocks that inspired them this spring. Crown to Couture at Kensington Palace gives audiences the exclusive chance to see Lizzo's spectacular 2022 Met Gala dress and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Monique Lhuillier gown from the 2019 Emmys alongside original Georgian couture like the Silver Tissue Gown worn at the court of Charles II. We hear from Polly Putnam the curator of the exhibition.
Romantic Comedy is the new novel from bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld. Sally, a successful comedy writer in her own right meets Noah a global celebrity and she is thrown into turmoil. Can a 'normal' person date a superstar? It seems to work for her male colleagues who regularly step out with accomplished, beautiful women, so why is Sally so plagued with insecurities? Curtis Sittenfeld joins Anita.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:10.5 | Good morning and welcome to Woman's Hour. |
| 0:12.8 | They say it's never too late and DJ Kavita Varu is proof. |
| 0:17.5 | Finding herself as a single mom at the age of 50 after an acrimonious divorce, she decided |
| 0:22.3 | to learn to DJ. |
| 0:23.8 | She bought herself some decks and fast forward three years she's played in a beater and |
| 0:27.6 | Amsterdam and won the inspiring Indian Women Rising Star Award. |
| 0:32.2 | We'll be hearing her full story very soon. |
| 0:34.8 | But can you relate? |
| 0:36.2 | Have you got over a long-term relationship by trying something completely different? |
| 0:41.0 | Gone way out of your comfort zone. |
| 0:43.1 | Have you done something life-changing? |
| 0:46.0 | Changed your job? |
| 0:47.0 | Moved somewhere else? |
| 0:48.0 | Fundamentally changed the way you lived to recover after a breakup. |
| 0:52.0 | Maybe you've bought a motor home? |
| 0:53.3 | Moved country? |
| 0:54.3 | Got a drastic haircut? |
| 0:55.3 | Got a pet? |
| 0:56.6 | Gone on an adventure? |
| 0:57.6 | Climbed a mountain? |
| 0:59.1 | Started exercising? |
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